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Maryland’s Strategic Forest Lands Assessment Forest Lands of Economic Importance Allegheny SAF 2002 Winter Meeting February 27, 2002 Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Page 1: Marylands Strategic Forest Lands Assessment Forest Lands of Economic Importance Allegheny SAF 2002 Winter Meeting February 27, 2002 Maryland Department.

Maryland’s Strategic Forest Lands Assessment

Forest Lands of Economic Importance

Allegheny SAF 2002 Winter Meeting

February 27, 2002Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Page 2: Marylands Strategic Forest Lands Assessment Forest Lands of Economic Importance Allegheny SAF 2002 Winter Meeting February 27, 2002 Maryland Department.

Identify “Strategic Forest Lands”, or those parts of the state where forest conservation and stewardship efforts would make the greatest contribution

toward achieving a sustainable (ecologically and economically) forest

resource land base.

Maryland’s Strategic Forest Lands Assessment

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Strategic Forests Assessment Components

EcologicalAssessment

SocioeconomicAssessment

VulnerabilityAssessment

Programmatic Assessment

Integration withother Efforts

Strategic Forests

Identification

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Socioeconomic Assessment GIS Based Approach to quantifying …

Population Density: Influences on forest management Parcelization Local Economic Importance Forest Ownership (public vs. private) Water Supply Watersheds Sourcing or Procurement Zones Forest Products Operators

Economically Important

Forest Lands

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Socioeconomic Influences on Forest Management Objectives

Forest Management Objectives

Wildlife Habitat Forest ProductsSoil, Water and Air Quality RecreationTemperature Aesthetics/Quality of Life

Management Objectives differ in response to many factors Sustainable Commercial Forestry and Land Uses

Urban Forests: Less likely: smaller parcels, less tolerant (noise, view, safety)

Rural Forests: More likely: larger parcels, more direct economic ties to forest

resource-based economy

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Regional Influences on Harvesting Probabilities

Population Density Parcelization Local Importance of Forest Products

Industry

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Population Density as a Predictor of Sustainable Commercial Forestry

Probability of sustainable

commercial forestry

Population Density (persons/mile2)

Management Objectives

Near 0 % > 150 “Urban”Harvests =

“Real Estate” cuts0 % - 25 % 70 – 150

25 % - 50 % 45 – 69 “Transitional”

50 % - 75 % 20 – 44 “Rural”Harvests =

Sustainable Management75 % - 100 % < 20

Liu and Scrivani. 1997. Virginia Department of Forestry

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Population Density by Census Block

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Logging probability

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Parcelization

Identify Forest Land with higher potential for resource extraction Target Stewardship Incentives Promote Sustainable Forest Management Activities Identify Vulnerable “At Risk” Forests

More Landowners

Small Lots

Fewer Landowners

Large Lots

197695,800 private owners

55 % < 10 acres

1989130,600 private owners

65 % < 10 acres

Parcelization Fragmentation

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Percent of Forest Acres Nationwide with Landowner Intent to Harvest Timber within the

next 10 years (1993)

Acreage

Category

Percent of

total acreage

1-9 26

10-49 42

50-99 43

100-499 53

500-999 62

1000 + 89

Birch, T.W. 1996.

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GIS Method used to map Parcelization

Maryland PropertyView GIS database developed by Maryland

Department of Planning Parcel centroids attributed with ownership,

lot information and land value Parcelization grid development

Interpolate point features to produce a continuous surface

Values reflect parcel size (acres)

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Maryland PropertyView

360 acres

10~10 acre lots

3,060 acres

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Parcelization of private land

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Forest Land parcelization

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Is the fifth largest industry in the state. Generates over 2.2 billion dollars annually. Supplies over 14,500 jobs statewide. Creates three (3) jobs are elsewhere in the

economy for every job in the forestry and wood products industry.

Local Economic Importance

The Forestry and Wood Products Industry…

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The Forestry and Wood Products Industry

Timber Management and Harvesting Operation of timber tracts, tree farms and nurseries Reforestation services Harvesting and transporting logs

Primary Wood Manufacturing Processing logs into lumber, veneer, plywood, pulp and

other products (Mills)

Secondary Wood Manufacturing Remanufacture of primary manufacturers products into

finished products Examples include furniture, toys, containers, etc.

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Economic Indicators

IMPLAN* Database: County LevelMultiple data sources:

US Population Census, County Business Patterns, Regional Economic Information System (REIS) data, BLS ES-202 wage and employment data

Estimate the “gaps” (non-disclosure rules)

IndicatorsEmployment:

annual average jobspart and full time workers, self-employed

*Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc., 1997

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Trends: Timber Management and Harvesting: Eastern RegionPrimary Wood Manufacturing: Western RegionSecondary Wood Manufacturing: Central Region

Total employment

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Relative employment logging and mills

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Score attributes in each layer relative to economic importance Rank 1 - 10

Weight GIS layers relative to overall economic importance Combine layers

Logging Probability

Score

Near 0 % 10 % - 25 % 2

25 % - 50 % 550 % - 75 % 7

75 % - 100 % 10

Parcel size Score1-9 1

10-49 2

50-99 5100-499 7

> 500-999 10

% Employment Score0 – 1 % 12 – 4 % 4

4 – 6 % 8

> 6 % 10

Identification of Economically Important Strategic Forest Lands

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Identification of Economically Important Strategic Forest Lands

Score attributes in each layer relative to economic importance Rank 1 - 10

Weight GIS layers relative to overall economic importance Combine layers

% Employment0 – 1 %2 – 4 %

4 – 6 %

> 6 %

Parcel size1-9

10-49

50-99100-499

> 500-999

Logging ProbabilityNear 0 %

0 % - 25 %25 % - 50 %50 % - 75 %

75 % - 100 %

x 5 x 3 x 4

+ +

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Privately Owned Lands Assessment

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources gratefully

acknowledges the support of the U.S.

Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry for financial assistance for

this project.

Strategic Forests Land Assessment


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